you see just behind the ruptured ballon the shrine of Saladin born 1137/38, Tikrīt, Mesopotamia [now in Iraq] died March 4, 1193, Damascus [now in Syria] Arabic in full Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (“Righteousness of the Faith, Joseph, Son of Job”) , also called al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf I Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, founder of the Ayyūbid dynasty, and the most famous of Muslim heroes. In wars against the Christian Crusaders, he achieved great success with the capture of Jerusalem (October 2, 1187), ending its 88-year occupation by the Frank. Encyclopædia Britannica 2006
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